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Taxon

Maianthemum japonicum (A.Gray) LaFrankie

Protologue Taxon 35(3): 588 (1986):.IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Maianthemum japonicum, Davidson, C 12029--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (257).JPG

Maianthemum japonicum, Davidson, C 12029--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (257).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Maianthemum japonicum, Davidson, C 12029--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (260).JPG

Maianthemum japonicum, Davidson, C 12029--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (260).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Maianthemum japonicum, Davidson, C 12029--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (261).JPG

Maianthemum japonicum, Davidson, C 12029--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (261).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Maianthemum japonicum, Davidson, C 12029--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (258).JPG

Maianthemum japonicum, Davidson, C 12029--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (258).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Maianthemum japonicum, Davidson, C 12029--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (262).JPG

Maianthemum japonicum, Davidson, C 12029--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (262).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Maianthemum japonicum, Davidson, C 12029--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (255).JPG

Maianthemum japonicum, Davidson, C 12029--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (255).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Maianthemum japonicum, Davidson, C 12029--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (259).JPG

Maianthemum japonicum, Davidson, C 12029--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (259).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Maianthemum japonicum, Davidson, C 12029--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (256).JPG

Maianthemum japonicum, Davidson, C 12029--China. Anhui Prov. Huang Shan. 8 Jun 2012. DSC02431 (256).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Amur, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Primorye (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson, C 12029

June 8, 2012

Location

China, Anhui, HuangShan (Huangshan, Huangshan District)

30.151333, 118.167

Location Remarks

HuangShan (Yellow Mountain). Long trail of stone steps from Resort hotel to the city gate. 1382 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Fu Cheng Xin, Qiuyun (Jenny) Xiang, Sharon R. Christoph, David E. Boufford

Notes

Growing in shelter of mossy rocks; stems 4-6 dm.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asparagaceae

Genus

Maianthemum

Specific Epithet

japonicum

Authorship

(A.Gray) LaFrankie

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#240,135 of 335,497

Top 72%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →